List of Figures

• 3.1. Overall Architecture for Dynamic Configuration
• 3.2. Relationships
• 3.3. Reification of Component Dependencies
• 4.1. Automatic Configuration Architecture
• 4.2. A Simple Prerequisite Description
• 5.1. The ComponentConfigurator C++ Base Class
• 5.2. Methods for Specifying Dependencies and Sending Events
• 5.3. The ComponentConfigurator Java Interface
• 5.4. The Configuration Module IDL interface
• 5.5. Customization of the eventFromHookedComponent Method
• 5.6. The ComponentConfiguratorAttrib Interface Supporting Attributes
• 6.1. The dynamicTAO ConfigAgentBuilder Interface
• 6.2. Sending and Receiving Agents
• 6.3. The Doctor Configuration Tool
• 7.1. Reifying the dynamicTAO Structure
• 7.2. dynamicTAO Components
• 7.3. The DynamicConfigurator Interface
• 7.4. Inspecting the ORB Internal State
• 7.5. A Reflector Network Distributing Two Video Streams
• 7.6. A Heterogeneous Reflector Network
• 7.7. Bootstrapping a Reflector
• 7.8. A Sample Screen Shot of the Name Service GUI
• 7.9. A Distribution Network with Five Reflectors
• 7.10. The Distribution Network After Reflector C Abandons the Network
• 8.1. Automatic Configuration Service Performance
• 8.2. Times for Loading Components of Different Sizes
• 8.3. Discriminated Times for Loading Components of Different Sizes
• 8.4. Discriminated Percentual Times for Loading Components of Different Sizes
• 8.5. Reconfiguration Experiment Testbed
• 8.6. Reconfiguration when Reflector B Goes Down
• 8.7. No Reconfigurations. Bandwidth = 1.2Mbps, Packet Rate = 30pps
• 8.8. Reflector Reconfigurations. Bandwidth = 1.2Mbps, Packet Rate = 30pps
• 8.9. Reflector Reconfigurations. Bandwidth = 1.2Mbps, Packet Rate = 30pps
• 8.10. High Network and CPU Load. Bandwidth = 1.2Mbps, Packet Rate = 30pps
• 8.11. Reflector Reconfigurations. Vat Bandwidth = 45kbps, Packet Rate = 25pps
• 8.12. Agent Distribution Topology
• 8.13. Agent Uploading a New Component to Nine Nodes
• 8.14. Reconfiguration Agent Visiting Nine Nodes
• 8.15. Agents Versus Conventional Client/Server